The Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria has criticised the call for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to be released unconditionally.
Musa Saidu, the community’s leader, made the remark in response to a call from Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.
Iwuanyanwu had urged Buhari to release Kanu before the end of the month.
However, Saidu stated that Iwuanyawu’s call was incorrect.
He wondered if Kanu’s release would put an end to the killings in the Southeast.
“Where were they when Kanu was leading IPOB militants to kill innocent people in the South East?” Saidu said in a statement he signed.
“Not only in the South East, so many members of the Arewa community were attacked in Port Harcourt and nobody said anything, we have the figures, we have even the photos of those killed in cold blood.
“Now they’re clamouring for his release, what guarantee are they giving that the killings will not continue if he is released.”
Kanu has been detained by the Department of State Services, DSS, since he was extra-ordinarily renditioned from Kenya.
The IPOB leader was brought back to continue his trial before the Nigerian court, over his agitation for Biafra.
Despite being discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal, the Federal Government has refused to release Kanu.